Re: lsscsi-0.17 released

[Douglas Gilbert]

Matthias Andree wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Douglas Gilbert wrote: 
>>Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>Does this work around new incompatibilities in the kernel
>>>or does this fix lsscsi bugs?
>>
>>The former. In lk 2.6.16-rc1 the
>>/sys/class/scsi_device/<hcil>/device/block symlink
>>changed to ".../block:sd<x>" breaking lsscsi 0.16 (and
>>earlier) and sg_map26 (in sg3_utils).
> 
> Heck, what was the reason for breaking userspace again?

Maybe the person responsible can answer. I'm only reacting
to a change that broke two of my utilities.

> Why would someone even consider using sysfs at all if it changes
> incompatibly?

Indeed.

Doug Gilbert
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